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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

West Ham 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: Vital Statistics of the Wards of the Borough, 1928.

Vital Statistics of the Wards of the Borough, 1928.

Wards.BirthsBirth RateDeathsDeath RateInfant DeathsInfant Mortality per 1,000 birthsNatural increase Births over DeathsEstimated population middle of 1928.
New Town32617.1920110.60226712518,959
Forest Gate32116.4021310.88185610819,565
High Street38620.7119810.62276918818,633
Broadway28718.7719312.6222769415,287
Park27417.5517211.02165810215,605
Upton23713.3917810.0610425917,692
Plashet Road27817.5116010.0782811815,872
West Ham31417.6419210.79206312217,794
Plaistow41519.1221910.09245719621,699
Bemersyde18012.131389.3010554214,830
Canning Town and Grange60224.3827811.26406632424,687
Hudsons34916.871989.57288015120,680
Ordnance41720.1825012.09348116720,664
Beckton Road47022.8824111.73326822920,535
Tidal Basin61627.3628812.79447132822,513
Custom House and Silvertown44120.1522110.09255622021,885
County Borough5,91319.263,34010.838064.22,573306,900

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Births.
The number of births registered in the Borough during the
year was 6,648 (3,393 males and 3,255 females), but of this total
943 were children of non-residents, who came to be confined in
one or other of the maternity hospitals, or were visiting friends,
while 208 West Ham women were confined outside the Borough.
Suitable adjustment makes the net West Ham Births 5,913 (3,026
males and 2,887 females); 172 of these (87 males and 85 females)
were illegitimate.
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